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Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station

Coordinates: 25°14′24″N 87°15′53″E

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Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station

(KhSTPP)is located in Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district of Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power
Bihar. The power plant is one of the coal based power Station
plants of NTPC.[1] The coal for the power plant is
sourced from Rajmahal Coal Fields of Eastern Coalfields
Limited. Source of water for the power plant is Ganga
River.

Contents
1 Capacity
2 Coal supply problems
3 References
4 External links
Location of the Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power
Station
Country India
Capacity
Location Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur district
The total installed capacity of the plant is 2340 MW. of Bihar
Coordinates 25°14′24″N 87°15′53″E
Installed
Unit Year of Status Operational
Stage Capacity
Number commissioning Commission date 1992
(MW)
2007
1st 1 210 March 1992
Owner(s) NTPC
1st 2 210 March 1994
1st 3 210 March 1995 Power generation
Primary fuel Coal
1st 4 210 March 1996
Units operational 4 X 210 MW
2nd 5 500 March 2007
3 X 500 MW
2nd 6 500 March 2008
Make and model LMZ
2nd 7 500 June 2009 Electorsila
Total 2340 BHEL
Nameplate capacity 2,340
Coal supply problems
Two projects that were perennially short on coal through whole of last year were NTPC Ltd’s 2,340 MW
Kahalgaon station in Bihar and the 2,100 MW Farakka station in West Bengal. The irony is that while
Kahalgaon is located right on the pithead (at the coal mine itself, so that there is no need to transfer the coal to
the plant), Farakka is not too far. And both are among stations that form the backbone of the eastern region’s
generation sector. While the Farakka station has infrastructure in place to operate at over 90 per cent plant load
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factor, the utility is mostly operating at only 70 per cent because of the short supply of coal. The shortfall in
domestic supplies is being made up by imports, which, in turn, jacks up tariffs. The problem here is that most
coal reserves in the east are located in Maoist-infested areas. A senior government official says that the entire
coal mining value chain in the eastern region is ridden with trade unionism and gangs who pilfer coal, especially
from easy targets that include public sector firms or smaller private power producers. The head of a mid-sized
state-owned generation firm has repeatedly been complaining about local Coal India employees colluding with
middlemen to siphon off his fuel. “The coal mafia is strong and there is absolutely no guarantee that coal will
reach the designated consumer, despite assurances from Kolkata (where Coal India is headquartered) or New
Delhi,” the official says. With the coal crisis showing little sign of a resolution, despite the Prime Minister’s
intervention, utilities across the country have been instructed to make design changes in all future coal-fired
projects to enable higher imported coal blending. However, running power plants on imported coal involves an
entirely different challenge."

References
1. ^ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-04-04/news/38278378_1_power-generation-coal-supply-
coal-shortage

External links
NTPC Kahalgaon (http://www.ntpc.co.in/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=302&Itemid=83)

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